"Die Kosten der Alters- und Pflegeheime sowie der Spitexdienste könnten von 7,3 Milliarden im Jahr 2005 auf rund 18 Milliarden im Jahr 2030 ansteigen. Der Kostenanstieg könnte gebremst werden, wenn sich beispielsweise der Gesundheitszustand dieser Bevölkerungsgruppe verbesserte." Source
"Übergewicht haben in der Schweiz in den letzten 10 Jahren in der Bevölkerung stark zugenommen, besonders bei den Kindern. Es ist, wie auch im übrigen Teilen Europas, ein ernst zu nehmendes Problem." Source
Investments need to be made to help/encourage people to continuously improve their own health. But which type of investments - and how?
Following up on this posting suggesting that a great city has good conditions to work out, I’d like to mention zurichvitaparcours, a very interesting initiative by Zurich. At the vitaparcours located in several hundred locations throughout Switzerland, you can go for an open air workout.
The photo below is from the vitaparcours in Langenthal. This track was selected as vitaparcours of the month of April 2008.
"Übergewicht haben in der Schweiz in den letzten 10 Jahren in der Bevölkerung stark zugenommen, besonders bei den Kindern. Es ist, wie auch im übrigen Teilen Europas, ein ernst zu nehmendes Problem." Source
Investments need to be made to help/encourage people to continuously improve their own health. But which type of investments - and how?
Following up on this posting suggesting that a great city has good conditions to work out, I’d like to mention zurichvitaparcours, a very interesting initiative by Zurich. At the vitaparcours located in several hundred locations throughout Switzerland, you can go for an open air workout.
The photo below is from the vitaparcours in Langenthal. This track was selected as vitaparcours of the month of April 2008.
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